Charles & Camilla!!!

[Trojan]

Well I guess I'm the only one that still has respect for the Royal Family. They are human and make mistakes, not saying that they have made any. Who am I to judge them. I am happy for Prince Charles, cheers! ... .-troj
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Charles, Camilla Go to Church on Honeymoon
By MICHAEL McDONOUGH

CRATHIE, Scotland (AP) - Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, emerged from their rural estate Sunday to attend a small church service with about 200 villagers in their first public appearance since beginning their honeymoon in Scotland.

Charles drove a silver Audi to the Crathie Parish Church and the couple waved to dozens of well-wishers as they parked at the side of the chapel and entered. Locals waved and snapped pictures.

Prince Charles wore a tartan kilt. His bride wore a matching fuchsia hat and coat.

``I think she's lovely,'' said Lynn Hutchings, 56, a nurse visiting her sister in the Scottish highlands. ``I didn't think he should marry her but I've changed my opinion.''

Robbie Middleton, a lay preacher, delivered Sunday's sermon, which focused on tuning into one's spirituality. Middleton offered the couple a special blessing afterward, saying: ``I wish them every happiness and a fulfilled life together.''

The couple greeted villagers after the sermon, and the duchess shook hands with people before the couple returned to the Balmoral estate.

Denise Glover, a 61-year-old housewife, congratulated the prince, saying, ``I'm sure you'll be very happy.''

The prince replied, ``Yes, she is a remarkable lady.''

The long-awaited wedding - the second for both - sanctioned a relationship that has spanned more than 30 years and was blamed by some for breaking up the prince's marriage to the late Princess Diana, who died in a 1997 car accident in Paris.

The ceremonies went off flawlessly Saturday despite sinister omens: A change of location for the civil wedding vows, unsubstantiated reports of the queen's ``fury'' that the couple would wed at all, and a one-day postponement for Pope John Paul II's funeral.

Even Britain's hypercritical press joined in the good will.

``So Happy'' enthused the Sunday Express. ``At Last!'' the Sunday Mirror and The Mail on Sunday agreed in matching front-page headlines.

Charles and Camilla - officially the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay when they are in Scotland - are staying at Birkhall, a cozy hunting lodge he inherited from his grandmother. The prince, who spent his first honeymoon with Diana aboard a yacht in the Mediterranean, and Camilla are expected to stay about 10 days on the estate.

The prince has described the early 18th-century home on the royal Balmoral estate as ``a unique haven of coziness and character.'' He reportedly learned to fish in the River Muick, which flows at the bottom of Birkhall's sloping garden.

Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, bought Birkhall in the 19th century and it became the Balmoral residence of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who died in 2002, leaving it to Charles.

The prince's mother, Queen Elizabeth II, spent some of her honeymoon there after her marriage to Prince Philip. Charles spent part of his honeymoon with Princess Diana in Scotland, after the cruise, but the late princess was said not to like the estate.

Ella Innes, 73, remembered seeing Diana at a similar service at the church 20 years ago.

``Everybody loved Diana but Camilla was very nice,'' Innes said. ``I think she will be very good for Charles.''

Some villagers remembered Diana leaving the hunting lodge to take a dip in the local hotel's swimming pool.

Camilla, 57, is now officially the Princess of Wales, although she will be known as the Duchess of Cornwall in deference to enduring public affection for Diana. When Charles is crowned, she will be queen - but the prince's office says she will use the title ``princess consort'' instead.

News of the wedding also dominated front pages in Sunday's papers around the world, especially in Britain's foreign colonies.

In Hong Kong, handed back to China by Britain in 1997, the English-language South China Morning Post ran a massive photo of the couple on its front page. Its editorial said, ``This was not a fairy tale wedding - far from it. But it is one which is likely to last.''

The wedding was far simpler than the spectacular 1981 ceremony in which Charles married 20-year-old Diana Spencer. The local registrar, Clair Williams, conducted the 25-minute civil ceremony at Windsor's Guildhall, or town hall, before fewer than 30 guests - mostly the bride and groom's relatives.

The queen and Prince Philip skipped the ceremony, saying they were respecting Charles' wish that it be ``low key,'' but they were present for a religious blessing of the marriage afterward at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.

Royal pomp was far more visible at that service, held under the chapel's majestic arches and televised live. About 800 guests, including Prime Minister Tony Blair and Camilla's ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowles, were there. Parker Bowles was seen smiling and chatting with other guests.

Charles and Camilla chose a civil wedding because the Church of England, which he will one day symbolically head as king, frowns on divorcees remarrying. But the religious blessing led by the Archbishop of Canterbury demonstrated the Anglican hierarchy's approval of the union.

Charles has admitted cheating with Camilla after his first marriage had ``irretrievably broken down''; Diana also acknowledged being unfaithful. Camilla was married to Andrew Parker Bowles, with whom she had two children, until 1995.

[Lakie]

ROFL - that event is looking to be the single most pro-republican event this centuary here in Australia,now if we could get him to say hed like to see a presdent chosen by the parliament id be extatic, for everyone will want a directly elected president!

[BADDOG]

Personally couldn't care less about this has been "royal" adulterer and his tart roll on the republic!!!!

Regards

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